Accounting Manager

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This position is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who thrives on technical execution, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration without the administrative duties of direct people management. You will serve as a subject matter expert across key general ledger functions, partner closely with cross-functional teams, and actively support our finance transformation and AI integration initiatives.

What You'll Bring:

General Ledger & Month-End Close Execution

• Lead end-to-endmonth-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities for assigned functional areas, ensuring financial records are accurate, timely, and fully compliant with US GAAP.

• Prepare and post complex journal entries, intercompany transactions, accruedliabilities, and equity/capitalized items.

• Perform detailed balance sheet account reconciliations, variance analyses, and flux explanations (P&L and Balance Sheet) to support FP&A and executive reporting.

Process Optimization, Automation & AI Integration

• Actively identifyopportunities to streamline accounting workflows, eliminatemanual touchpoints, and shorten the close cycle.

• Become a super-user and internal champion of BlackLine’sown product suite, leveragingour platform to its fullest potential.

• Participate in testing, implementing, and adopting AI-driven accounting tools, intelligent reconciliations, automated variance analysis, and data warehouse reporting features.

• Serve as a subject matter expert and informal mentor for junior staff and new hires within the accounting team, providing guidance on best practices for accounting processes and use of the BlackLineplatform.

Cross-Functional Business Partnership

• Act as a key accounting partner to G&A functions (FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, HR, IT) and operational business units across the company.

• Provide guidance on accounting implications for business initiatives, system integrations, and operational process changes.

Audit, SOX Compliance & Governance

• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure strict compliance with SOX requirements and corporate accounting policies.

• Prepare audit schedules, gather documentation, and interface directly with internal and external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits.

Technical Accounting & Special Projects

• Assistin researching, documenting, and implementing accounting policies for complex or non-standard transactions.

• Lead special accounting initiatives, system upgrade user-acceptance testing (UAT), and data reporting projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Education & Credentials

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a relatedfield.

• Certification: Active CPA license (or CPA candidate) preferred.

Experience

• 5-8+ years of progressive GL accounting experience, ideally in SaaS, enterprise software, or fast-paced technology environments.

• Proven track recordas a high-performing individual contributor managing complex close processes and account reconciliations independently.

Systems & Technical Skills

• Hands-on expertisewith enterprise ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle) and close management software (BlackLine).

• Advanced Excel skills and strong familiarity with business intelligence/data warehouse reporting tools.

• Strong interest in leveragingmodern automation and AI-driven tools in daily workflows.

• Strong technical understanding of US GAAP, SOX internal controls, and financial statements.

Core Competencies

• Exceptional analytical rigor, attention to detail, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Strong communicationskills with the ability to convey complex accounting topics clearly to cross-functional partners.

• Ability to prioritize multiple deliverables independently in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Priorpublic accounting (Big 4 or national tier) experience.

• Prior experience working with BlackLine modules (Reconciliations, Journal Entry, Task Management, Variance Analysis).

• Experience withcross-functional project leadership and ERP implementation/enhancement projects.

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week.

Salary Range:

Pay Transparency Statement:

Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.

In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.

We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.

BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

Accommodations:

BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.